Tom Kennedy was appointed by Gov. Bill Owens in May of 1999 as a District Court Judge in the 4th Judicial District. Prior to that, Kennedy was in private practice from 1985 to 1999, doing primarily civil and criminal litigation. He worked in the El Paso County District Attorney's Office in 1983 and 1984.

Kennedy graduated with honors from the University of Colorado School of Law in December of 1982.